Leeds Clergy School

Leeds Clergy School was a theological college of the Church of England which was founded in 1876 and closed in 1925.

The school started with just six students, initially catering for those graduates who were aiming to obtain town curacies.

The students lived initially at Clarendon House, although they moved later to Woodsley House on Clarendon Road, overlooking the city,[1] where the new Fowler Memorial Chapel was added and dedicated on 28 June 1896.

[2] The governors very reluctantly decided to close the school in 1925, after its existing principal accepted a new academic appointment at Reading.

[3] The former buildings, now known as Fairbairn House, eventually passed to the University of Leeds and after previous use as hall of residence have since become a conference centre.